Examples from literature. 1  Catalepsy is produced by a sudden sharp noise, or by the sight of a brightly gleaming object. 2  For the moment, I thought he had been seized with a fit of catalepsy. 3  He hurried back into the room and found his patient in a state of catalepsy.  I was in a kind of conscious catalepsy.
Beijing's 2017 population is now estimated at 22,063,000. In 1950, the population of Beijing was 1,671,000. Beijing has grown by 1,679,000 in the last year, which represents a 8.20% change. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
Despite being the capital city of China, Beijing is not the most populous city in the country. Shanghai is a more populous city than Beijing. Based on the total land area and the total population of the city, the population density of Beijing is estimated to be about 3,300 people per square mile.